Recent content by asulger

A friend found this web site of illusions. I think the audio ones are recent - the 'missing fundamentals' puzzle seems to be one that explains how mastering engineers make strong sounding bass on speakers that drop off at 100 hz or so. There are two audio ones on the right (Sound and Music icon)...

I'm starting some pieces for my next CD and want to have this one professionally mastered. Please give me some advice on how much I need to do on the recording side before sending the files off to be mastered. I've read Bob Katz's tips for preparing files, as well as being a long time reader...

Here's a method I haven't seen anyone talk about - I think it helped me with room treatments, or more specifically, finding a correct place to record in a room. I happened to notice in frequency spectrums of recordings in the room that every note would have a 91 hz component. Calculations showed...

Hi, This is about a 2 minute fragment of 2 pieces I'm working on and I need feedback on if it sounds accurate compared to the sound source, not the performance. These are tunes played on a Leo Kottke Taylor guitar with heavy strings (elixir) tuned down to B (2 1/2 steps). No fingerpicks. My...

I'm thinking of picking up a new 12-string to be used only for recording and have narrowed the search to a taylor with mahogany back and sides: mahogany was recommended for recording 12-strings, and taylor was recommended for playability for old hands like mine. These are the 300 and 500...

Are there mixers that have a DI channel? I like my pre just fine and want to mix 2 mics and a guitar pickup.

About a month ago you folks (mshilarious, punkin, masteringhouse, and getgo) gave me some suggestions on recording my wonderful old gibson 12-string. I listened to you and here's a 1 minute snippet of the result. Per suggestions, I removed the pickup, got a matched set of mics, put them off the...

I've been looking at some wav files with a spectrum analyser. In all files that I've created there are 3 spikes - 23.9Khz, 35 kHz, and 47kHz. You can see an example here: http://www.sulger.net/artofthe12string/Awav.png They are there whether the input is condensor mike or guitar pickup. Signal...

As a long-time lurker, I could use some help from the golden-ears here on recording the best sound from my old Gibson acoustic 12-string. In order to make it a critique on mike placement and mixing, and not my playing :), I've made some 15 second clips using 3 different mike positions. I've...